I chose to interview Dan Hatman, a former NFL scout, and Dave Archibald, a sports writer. My dream is to become a scout in the NFL and I figured I could learn a few things from Dan. I’ve always enjoyed talking sports, so if worse came to worst I would try to become a sports writer for a newspaper. To start, my interview Dan Hatman went well. He was short on time, but I did get a few tips and insights from the interview. The first question I asked was, “What was your path to becoming a NFL scout?” He went on to say he volunteered at his first football job for two years, breaking down film and preparing reports on other teams. Shortly after a position came up with the New York Giants and became a Pro-Personnel Assistant. In that job, he scouted …show more content…
He kept many documents for the executives involving potential draft picks and free agents. He then took a break from the NFL until returning to New York except this time with Jets. He performed the same duties as he did with the Giants. He then left that position to become an assistant coach at a Division Two college. He developed many relationships with coaches from across the country and learned valuable information about the game. Following his time in college, he became a NFL scout with the Philadelphia Eagles. I was surprised at the fact he went back to college when he was already in the NFL. He said he felt the need to learn the X’s and O’s of the game if he was wanting to evaluate it successfully. I then had time for one last question, “What would be your advice to a college guy wanting to become a NFL scout in today’s age?” He said, “To be honest Josh, …show more content…
He spent many years as a local beat writer for high school sports, until transitioning to writing online football articles for Inside The Pylon. To begin, I again asked for his career path. Dave began volunteering at a local newspaper keeping stats for the city’s high school basketball team. He then grabbed a spot with newspaper to write recap articles for all sporting events in the city. While writing reports for football, he became close with the staff and was able to attend practices and learn key aspects of the game. He moved after nearly five years in Florida to Massachusetts where he began talking football on local radio. He told me it was much more enjoyable to talk than to write, but some things couldn’t be explained over the airwaves. At the time, fantasy football had begun to take off and he seen an opportunity to write about football again and he jumped at it. Local media took notice and he began writing fantasy football articles for over five websites. The one thing I noticed from the interview was his passion and excitement for writing football. He didn’t feel talking football did justice and that numbers and pictures proved more valuable than words. Dave now writes NFL Draft and fantasy football articles for Inside The Pylon online. To close the interview, I asked him if wanted to advance further into his profession and work for a bigger network such as ESPN. He replied, “Of course! I think anytime you are in